It remains to be seen whether this is a good trade for Ottawa, but I’m really excited. Cheechoo brings some badly-needed toughness to a team that has been pushed around a little bit the last few years. He’s also a talented scorer who won the Rocket Richard trophy in 05-06.
I don’t know much about Michálek, but he looks like a talented young guy who has good on-ice chemistry with Cheechoo.
Considering that Ottawa also acquired Alexei Kovalev over the summer there could be some very interesting offensive hockey in the nation’s capital this year. The Sens also have a new goaltender in Pascal Leclaire and some talented young defensemen, so they should do alright on defense as well.
I’m going to come right out and say it: I expect that we’ll see Ottawa back in the playoffs this year. If they don’t make it you can blame me for jinxing it 
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